The base pay raise pushes Ailshie's annual pay, already the highest among Northeast Tennessee school systems, from $159,000 to $161.385 retroactive to March 5 and then to $167,840 effective July 1, not counting other allowances and benefits.

Kenny Morrell has spent almost 58 of those years operating a business that has transported generations of Sullivan County school students. When he started out, the buses were blue and white instead of the familiar yellow.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam insisted on Tuesday that dialing back Common Core education standards is not acceptable amid a state House legislative attempt to postpone further implementation of the standards for another two years.

The law school in Grundy, Va., will cap enrollment at 150 to 160 and cut faculty positions. Officials said fewer college graduates are taking the Law School Admissions Test and even fewer highly qualified applicants opt to pursue a legal education.